Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor)
We are looking for registered Health Visitors who are innovative, motivated, and enthusiastic, seeking to make a real difference improving outcomes for children and families in Devon!
Main duties of the job
You will work within corporate teams and be rostered to work in our duty hub covering a defined geographical area. You'll be supported by Team Leaders and various dedicated health professionals including Health Visitors, School Nurses, and Community Health Workers.
You'll lead and manage changing and challenging workload priorities. Working in close partnership with community, voluntary, and statutory agencies; multi-agency working and safeguarding children will be an integral part of your role. We are working together with our local midwifery services to support the Better Births agenda.
About us
Here in Devon, we strive to deliver an excellent service to the children, young people, and families living in our Community. Health visiting in Devon affords amazing variation allowing you the opportunity to make a difference to the lives of families and communities across both rural and urban locations. Devon is varied with health inequalities and affluence which cross paths across the varied landscape.
Job responsibilities
To effectively lead and deliver the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) 0-19 (DH 2010) thereby improving outcomes for children and families.
To contribute to the Public Health Agenda, meet Public Health targets, and reduce health inequalities in partnership with key agencies meeting National agendas.
To promote the protection of children, adhering to the Local Safeguarding Children's Board policies and procedures.
To actively lead teams both within Health Visiting and School Nurses and partner agencies where appropriate, e.g.: Advisory Boards of Children's Centres.
A requirement to be rostered regularly in the hub within a defined geographical area to provide a Single point of access to families and stakeholders providing information, advice, and triaging referrals within the service.
To work as part of a team to ensure that Key Performance Indicator targets that are set/negotiated by Local Area Teams/Commissioners for the service, e.g.: antenatal visits are met.
To support service development, standard setting, clinical audit, and benchmarking, delivering a high quality needs-led, safe and effective service to all client groups.
This list is intended to summarise the key responsibilities and is not intended to cover every task that may be required of the role.
To provide effective clinical leadership to the Public Health nursing team, enabling the team to deliver to the current Health Visiting and School Nursing standards, ensuring that evidence-based practice is used.
To take responsibility for the line management of support staff (skill mix) within the team, providing supervision and annual appraisal as per Devon County Council policy. Support the manager and professional lead/team leader in the development of the skills and knowledge of the team in order to maintain the competency level of the whole team. Participate in the recruitment, selection, and retention of staff to enhance skill mix within the team.
Facilitate inductions for public health nursing staff new to Devon County Council.
To mentor pre-registration students on a regular basis. To mentor SCPHN students as needed with the support of a Practice Teacher. To act as Preceptor for newly qualified practitioners in their first year of practice.
To actively take responsibility for appropriately identifying, accessing, and participating in supervision, according to individual need i.e.: Child Protection, Restorative, and Clinical.
Work closely with Children's Centres actively participating in joint care planning meetings and attending Advisory Board meetings as the named Health Visitor as per Partnership Agreement.
School nurses to work closely with learning communities, teachers, and Boards of Governors as appropriate.
Has an awareness of national policy and how this affects local policy and service development and provision.
Initiate and participate in research, audit, surveys, and service user feedback.
To lead meetings in local area bases and delegate work appropriately to the skill mix team and promote positive team working.
Develop and maintain effective communication networks, with service users, health care professionals, and other statutory and voluntary organisations.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Qualification - Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Degree - Health Visitor / School Nurse.
* Qualification at Masters level.
Experience
* Strong evidence of continuous professional development.
* Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding procedures.
* Proficient in health needs assessment, evaluation, and action planning.
* Up to date health visiting/school nursing experience.
* Previous experience participating in research projects.
* Proven ability to meet targets and deadlines.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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